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831. Dost thou want to know what folly is ? It is the throwing away of that which is profitable and the holding fast to that which is hurtful.

832. The chiefest among all kinds of folly is the folly of inclining the heart towards conduct that is unbecoming to oneself.

833. The fool is neglectful of duties and rude of speech, and callous to all sense of shame: and he will cherish nothing that is good.

834. There is a man that is learned and subtle and a teacher of others, and yet continueth to be the slave of his passions himself : there is no greater fool than he.

835. The fool hath the gift of sowing in one birth the seeds of misery for all his future incarnations. Rh